SERVICES

We provide a full service shop to startup and emerging businesses.  From formation and financing of your business to your successful operation or exit, we work collaboratively to ensure your dealings are smooth so you can focus on what's important. 

Corporate Law & Transactions

We work with our clients on a holistic approach to the organization of your business, considering short and long-term goals and budget, to ensure that their company has a legal structure that suits their needs and is documented in a clear and organized manner, ready to scale. On an ongoing basis, we advise our clients on, among other things:

• Isolating the correct business entity structures.
  
• Equity ownership and vesting issues, including stock option and other deferred compensation plans.
• Mergers and acquisitions.
• Company governance, board of directors matters and shareholder matters.
  

General Business

We advise clients across sectors and work closely with them to understand the subtleties of their businesses. All growing companies encounter tax and operational issues, which we advise on. We act as outside general counsel to many of our clients, which allows us to establish a deep familiarity with their businesses, culture and needs. Some specific general operational services we provide include:

• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing all types of business contracts.
• Employment, independent contractor, inventions assignments and related agreements.
• Customized website terms of use and conditions and privacy policies. 
• Tax planning issues.
• Strategic partnerships, joint venture, cooperative marketing and other alliances between companies.

Financing

Capital may come in the form of sales or advertising revenues. Or you may be looking to raise investment money. We advise our clients on formulating, negotiating and executing their financing transactions. These are a few of the services we provide:

• Formulation of capital structure, and business transactions including recapitalizations.
• Seed stage financings, including “friends & family” rounds.
• Angel and venture capital financings.
• Private placements of equity.
• Debt transactions, including traditional loans and convertible note financings. 

Intellectual Property

We advise our clients on a number of intellectual property issues that directly affecting the branding and marketing of their products and their business operations as a whole. These matters include:

• Trademark clearance, consultation and registration.
• Copyright clearance, consultation and registration.
• Confidentiality and inventions assignment agreements.
• Terms of service and privacy policy.
• Intellectual property licensing agreements.
• Intellectual property assignment agreements.